Furthermore
Excellent thus far. Just remember that those big upper shroud loads have to go somewhere. One place will be along the spreaders, which means the (aft-led) lower shrouds will pick up a big accumulated load, dealing with their own panel as well as the referred upper loads. You certainly won't want any forward-led lowers, as these would just add to the load on the aft lowers.
There will also be more compression on the mast than you have with a standing backstay -- angles.
I suspect you'll end up compromising the forestay height, playing it off against realistic shroud loads and mast compression loads.
Have you looked at a mongo backstay crane as a factor?
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
|